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lol....both are better than rayudu...especially rahane...and i was not making a case for rohit....there are better players in jhadav ,samson sitting on the bench while this hack plays...anyone can come in for rayudu

lol....both are better than rayudu...especially rahane...and i was not making a case for rohit....there are better players in jhadav ,samson sitting on the bench while this hack plays...anyone can come in for rayudu

I don't see him getting dropped for a flat track bully
if there is someone deserving to get dropped I.e kohli

lol...now you are losing me drop kohli ....and yeah sharma is a FTB but at least he can bully on flat tracks unlike rayudu and rohit has not been dropped ,he was injured thus rayudu will be dropped once rohit comes back

lol...now you are losing me drop kohli ....and yeah sharma is a FTB but at least he can bully on flat tracks unlike rayudu and rohit has not been dropped ,he was injured thus rayudu will be dropped once rohit comes back

lol i don't know why you like rayudu so much...but i have not based my opinion on rayudu based on two matches...i have followed rayudu's career in ipl , A tours , Bangla series, asia cup , almost all his international matches...he is not a big player...he & rahane lost us the asia cup match with their slow batting.....he is mediocre in every way possible...in australia A tour when every player was striking at 100+ rayudu's strike rate was 78.....so he will/should be dropped no matter how many useless fifties he scores cause when the big pressure matches comes he will singlehandedly lose the match

lol i don't know why you like rayudu so much...but i have not based my opinion on rayudu based on two matches...i have followed rayudu's career in ipl , A tours , Bangla series, asia cup , almost all his international matches...he is not a big player...he & rahane lost us the asia cup match with their slow batting.....he is mediocre in every way possible...in australia A tour when every player was striking at 100+ rayudu's strike rate was 78.....so he will/should be dropped no matter how many useless fifties he scores cause when the big pressure matches comes he will singlehandedly lose the match

Misbah Ul Haq is the reason why.

This is why he is so polarizing in Pakistan. Runs on the board but sometimes with the ridiculous SR and dot ball percentage.

lol i don't know why you like rayudu so much...but i have not based my opinion on rayudu based on two matches...i have followed rayudu's career in ipl , A tours , Bangla series, asia cup , almost all his international matches...he is not a big player...he & rahane lost us the asia cup match with their slow batting.....he is mediocre in every way possible...in australia A tour when every player was striking at 100+ rayudu's strike rate was 78.....so he will/should be dropped no matter how many useless fifties he scores cause when the big pressure matches comes he will singlehandedly lose the match

I completely disagree y can't he replace rohit who scored 80 ball 50 in his last odi

if I m not wrong 2 matches ago s/r was in 60's
he ll definitely have a strike rate of 80

Yes, and that's probably the reason why Indian posters don't seem too kind on him. They have seen him last 14 matches with a SR of 60, which is way below what is expected. But I have seen people in sports and life, who are a little tentative to start with, but race ahead of others after some time.

So, you never know. The way he has gone about his domestic Cricket and A-tours in the past could give us an answer to this.

Yes, and that's probably the reason why Indian posters don't seem too kind on him. They have seen him last 14 matches with a SR of 60, which is way below what is expected. But I have seen people in sports and life, who are a little tentative to start with, but race ahead of others after some time.

So, you never know. The way he has gone about his domestic Cricket and A-tours in the past could give us an answer to this.

lol i don't know why you like rayudu so much...but i have not based my opinion on rayudu based on two matches...i have followed rayudu's career in ipl , A tours , Bangla series, asia cup , almost all his international matches...he is not a big player...he & rahane lost us the asia cup match with their slow batting.....he is mediocre in every way possible...in australia A tour when every player was striking at 100+ rayudu's strike rate was 78.....so he will/should be dropped no matter how many useless fifties he scores cause when the big pressure matches comes he will singlehandedly lose the match

Funny how it ain't been bumped after Shehzad does well and Rahane fails.

Guess PP members like it the other way round.

12 off 28 on an Indian pitch against WI. Throws his wicket away to Darren Sammy

Flat pitch, small boundaries & a quick outfield. Complete opposite to UAE where Shehzad plays most games. UAE is a slow wicket difficult to score runs, has big boundaries and always a sluggish outfield.

Rahane is a class above Shehzad when it comes to caliber and ability. Watch them both at their best and the difference is obvious. Rahane has better technique, footwork is excellent and is against both pace and spin. Shehzad is decent against pace but poor against spin.

Both are poor at strike rotation with Rahane a little better. However, talent is one thing and application is another. Rahane seems to rest too much on his natural ability while for all his problems and shortcomings, Shehzad is the only young batsman in the team along with Shafiq (young in terms of exposure and experience) to have a certain degree of application and intelligence, however, none of our young batsmen come close to the best young batsmen in the world - the likes of Kohli, Pujara, Root, Rahane, Williamson, Smith and de Kock.

Umar, Maqsood, Shehzad, Amin are simply not of that caliber. Jury is out on Shafiq and Haris, I'm interested to see how Shafiq performs at 3 after an extended run in both Tests and ODIs. He's technically a level above every batsman in the country but needs to find his range now while Haris isn't tested yet but the odds are against him because he's a Pakistani and we are not renowned for quality batsman. Whatever the reason - poor coaching, lack of application, guidance etc etc.

Difficult to put Fawad into any category because he's an insult to the art of batting.

Easy on the eyes, in the mold of Damien Martyn, Mark Waugh, Yousuf and VVS. Anyone anti-Dhoni/Misbah/Chanderpaul when it comes to ugliness.

Shehzad and Rahane both will be effective, Rahane's innings are slightly more fluidic due to his ability to rotate strike, playing less dot balls whereas Shehzad's are little stuttering, his batting gears are similar to Misbah.

Sehzad has played all 6 tests in Asia (4 UAE and 2 Srilanka)
Averages 50.8 in UAE
Averages 21.5 in SriLanka

Who do you now think has better ability to score runs given this data?

Sehzad has good potential and so has Rahane. Both have played very few matches till now.
But given what they have done till now, I would put my money on Rahane as he has scored well in very different conditions.

Last edited by Noobosauras; 25th October 2014 at 16:57.

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Accept it. Rahane is better than Shehzad. Shehzad is yet to play a test outside of SC. The ton Rahane scored, that was in a very tough situation if I remember correctly and the conditions were awful.

How many ODI tons does Rahane have outside Asia?

I think Rahane is a very good player, I don't think there's much between the players to be honest. Both will be around world cricket for a while. Rahane had played the better test innings prior to today but shehzad has played the better ODI and T20 innings.

I think Rahane is a very good player, I don't think there's much between the players to be honest. Both will be around world cricket for a while. Rahane had played the better test innings prior to today but shehzad has played the better ODI and T20 innings.

I think Rahane is a very good player, I don't think there's much between the players to be honest. Both will be around world cricket for a while. Rahane had played the better test innings prior to today but shehzad has played the better ODI and T20 innings.

I haven't seen him much in the current test but from what I have seen of him in the past, his game against spin needs a lot of work.

Rahane too has issues with spin (Test matches). I mean playing them on Indian tracks. He could have improved (I dunno) but hthat is one area I am not sure about him. He needs to master playing spin in Indian spin tracks where he will be playing 50% of his test matches.

Ajinkya rahane is technically sound, but I somehow feel like Shehzad is mentally strong and he kinda manages it with his never give up attitude. Dhoni is a fine example how a player can play well despite being technically not so good.